CVE-2015-6937

The __rds_conn_create function in net/rds/connection.c in the Linux kernel through 4.2.3 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by using a socket that was not properly bound.

Score

CVSS 2.0 4.9 Medium

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2015-10-19

Last modified

2024-08-06

Affected products

• Ubuntu Linux (Canonical)
• Debian Linux (Debian)
• Linux Kernel (Linux)

References

• http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=74e98eb085889b0d2d4908f59f6e00026063014f
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168447.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168539.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/167358.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00009.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00035.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00026.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00031.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00007.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00009.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00013.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00017.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00018.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00019.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00020.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00021.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00022.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00034.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00038.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00039.html
• http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3364
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/14/3
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76767
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034453
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2773-1
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2774-1
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2777-1
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1263139